permitting any building sewer or other thing whatsoever to remain on the premises of which he, she or they shall be owner or occupant or occupants, until by offensive and ill stenches, or otherwise, they or any of them shall become offensive, hurtful or dangerous to the neighborhood or travelers; it shall be the duty of the marshal of said city to give notice to such person or persons to remove such nuisances forthwith, and if the owner or owners, occupant or occupants of premises on which such nuisance shall be situate, shall neglect or refuse to remove the same for the space of twenty-four hours after such notice shall have been given, he, she or they, on conviction thereof, shall be liable to pay a fine not exceeding five dollars for each day he, she or they shall have permitted such nuisance to remain after notice as aforesaid.

SEC. 2. If any person or persons shall after notice as aforesaid, permit any such nuisance to remain which shall be manifestly dangerous or improper, it shall be lawful for the marshal to remove and abate such nuisance if the common council direct, and the person or persons permitting the same to remain as aforesaid, shall on conviction thereof be liable to pay a fine not exceeding twentyfive dollars and the expenses of removing such nuisance together with the costs of prosecution.

SEC. 3. No person shall deposite or cause to be left, placed or deposited in any part of said city, any dead animal or any animal, vegetable or other substances which are offensive, or which by process of decomposition may become offensive unless the same shall be buried at least three feet below the surface of the ground, and any person offending in the premises, shall on conviction be liable to pay a fine not exceeding fifty dollars and the expense of removing such nuisances together with the costs of prosecution.

SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the marshal to report to the common council the existence of any nuisance whatever in said city, and perform such other acts relative to the same, according to the general or special regulations prescribed relative thereto, and the marshal is hereby required to make complaint to the city attorney of any violation of this ordinance.

SEC. 5. The justices of the peace of said city shall have jurisdiction of all actions arising under this ordinance.

AN ORDINANCE TO PUNISH BREACHES OF THE PEACE

AND DISORDERLY PERSONS.

It is hereby ordained by the mayor and common council of the city of St. Clair:

SEC. 1. Any person who shall within the limits of the city of St. Clair make, aid, countenance or assist in making any noise, riot, disturbance or improper diversion, who shall be guilty of any indecent, immoral or insulting conduct, language or behavior in the street or elsewhere in said city, and all persons who shall collect in bodies or crowds in said city for unlawful purposes to the annoyance of the citizens or travelers, shall for each offense, on conviction before any justice of the peace of said city, be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, and imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding three months, or both at the discretion of the said court, together with the costs of prosecution, and may moreover be held to bail for good behavior.

Sec. 2. The marshal or any constable of this city may arrest all such offenders as are before mentioned, and bring them forthwith before any justice

of the peace of said city who shall, as soon thereafter as may be, proceed to hear, try and determine the case as provided in section one, and if from any reason no such justice can be found, or cannot attend to it immediately after such arrest as aforesaid, such offender or offenders shall be committed by such marshal or constable to the common jail of the county of St. Clair until a justice can be found or can attend to the case, provided, however, that such offender shall not be detained in said jail to exceed forty-eight hours without a trial as above provided.

AN ORDINANCE TO SUPPRESS DISORDERLY HOUSES AND HOUSES OF ILL-FAME.

It is hereby ordained by the mayor and common council of the city of St. Clair:

SEC. 1. Any person or persons who shall within the limits of the city of St. Clair, keep a disorderly or ill-governed house or place, or a house for the resort of persons of evil fame or name, or of dishonest conversation, or who shall procure or suffer to come together at such house or place persons of evil name or fame, or who shall commit or suffer to be committed therein any immoral, indecent or improper conduct or behavior, or any tippling, reveling, rioting or disturbance; every person or persons so offending, or who shall aid or assist in any manner in offending in the premises, shall on conviction thereof, before any justice of the peace of said city, be punished by fine not exceeding one hundred doldars, or imprisonment in the common jail of St. Clair county not exceeding three months, or both fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court with the costs of prosecution.

*SEC. 2. When any

such house or building so

occupied or kept as aforesaid, shall be deemed by the common council to be a common nuisance, it shall be competent for said common council to abate such nuisance by ordering such house or other building to be pulled down and removed at the expense of the owner, proprietor or occupant thereof, at the discretion of such common council.

SEC. 3. It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to demise, let or hire any house or other building or premises within the limits of the city of St. Clair, to any person or persons for any of the purposes in the first section of this ordinance mentioned, or to any person or persons who are of evil nature or fame, or of dishonest conversation, or who by reputation keeps a common ill-governed or disorderly house; neither shall it be lawful for the owner or occupant of any such house, building or other premises to permit or suffer any such person or persons to occupy any such house or premises, nor otherwise harbor such person or persons; and if any person shall knowingly offend against any of the provisions of this section, he or she shall be liable to be fined, upon conviction thereof, before any justice of the peace of said city, in a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding three months, or both at the discretion of the court with costs of prosecution.

SEC. 4. If any person or persons within the limits of the city of St. Clair, commit or suffer to be committed in any house or other building or premises, by him, her or their occupant, any rioting, quarreling, fighting, reveling, drunkenness, noise or any other disorderly conduct calculated to disturb the neighborhood, or among travelers or others; any person or persons offending in the premises, shall, on conviction thereof, before any justice of the peace of said city, forfeit and pay a fine not exceeding one

hundred dollars with costs, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding three months, at the discretion of the court.

SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of the marshal and constables of the said city of St. Clair, to take notice of and report all infractions of this ordinance, that every person offending may be dealt with according to law; and it shall be competent for said marshal or any of said constables to arrest any person or persons who may violate the provisions of the first and fourth sections of this ordinance, and to bring such person or persons before any justice of the peace of said city, to be dealt with according to the provisions of this ordinance; provided, that if for any cause no such justice can hear the same or attend to it at that time, the said marshal or constable may commit such offender to the common jail of said county to await said justice, not to exceed in all thirty-six hours.

SEC. 6. No person or persons arrested for the violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance, shall be held to answer and plead thereto, unless a complaint be made on oath or affirmation and filed with the justice before whom the person or persons shall be taken for trial, setting forth briefly the nature of the offense and the name of the person or persons so offending; and in case the real name or names are unknown to the marshal, or to the person complaining, or to the justice of the peace; it shall be lawful for said justice of the peace to use any name until the real name or names shall be ascertained.

AN ORDINANCE FOR THE PREVENTION OF FIRES.

It is hereby ordained by the mayor and common